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Zoning -- Historical Notes

Tennessee Code Annotated
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The following private acts dealt with zoning in Shelby County, but have no current effect. Their listing here is for historical and reference purposes.

  1. Private Acts of 1925, Chapter 409, was the first subdivision law for Shelby County. It was amended by Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 130, and Private Acts of 1953, Chapter 445. All of these were repealed by the current subdivision law, Private Acts of 1967-68, Chapter 470, found in this volume.
  2. Private Acts of 1945, Chapter 131, was an amendatory act to Private Acts of 1935, Chapter 625, but its provisions were repealed by Private Acts of 1967-68, Chapter 470.
  3. Private Acts of 1961, Chapter 410, attempted to give the board of county commissioners authority to delegate to the planning commission the power to amend the zoning map, once a comprehensive zoning plan had been adopted. Its provisions were rejected by the quarterly county court.

  4. Private Acts of 1927, Chapter 448 and 509, which amended Private Acts of 1925, Chapter 409, were repealed by Private Acts of 2015, Chapter 17.